a Welsh rugby union player and electrician, died on May 20, 2026, aged 84. Born Arthur John Llewellyn Lewis in Crumlin, Caerphilly, Wales, on September 26, 1941, he played international rugby for Wales and toured New Zealand with the British… · Ireland · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · Libra
a Russian boxer, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 67. Galkin competed at the 1983 European Amateur Boxing Championships, where he won the gold medal in the welterweight event. He died in Kopeysk, Russia · 20 May 2026 · May 2026
2026. He was a Russian epidemiologist · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · May 20
an American jazz guitarist, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 77. Also known as Ronald Patrick Escheté, he was a seven-string jazz guitarist whose career began in the 1970s. Born in Houma, Louisiana, he started playing guitar… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026
an American professional wrestler, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, on October 4, 1946, he debuted in 1974 with the Tennessee-based NWA Mid-America promotion. Hickerson became best known for his tag team… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · Libra
an American army nurse, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 79. She served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and later founded the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, which established the Vietnam Women's Memorial at… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026
an American convicted murderer and arsonist, died on May 20, 2026, after being executed by lethal injection. The case stemmed from the July 13, 2002, killing of 21-year-old Charles Perez in Phoenix, Arizona, when Leroy McGill doused him with a… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · Pérez
an American crossword puzzle creator, died on May 20, 2026. Also known as Emanuel Ezra Nosowsky, he was a medical doctor by training who retired from a San Francisco urology practice and began creating crossword puzzles in 1991. His work… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026
a French Roman Catholic priest, died on May 20, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. Born in 1955, he entered the École navale and graduated in 1976, then served in the French Navy until 1982. He later joined the Community of St.… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
2026. She was a German politician who served as treasurer of the SPD from 1991 to 2007. She was a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony from 1972 to 1990 and of the Bundestag from 1990 to 2005 · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · May 20
a Czechoslovak-born American World War II veteran, died on May 20, 2026. He was known for his service during the war. No further details were immediately available · 20 May 2026 · May 2026
the German politician who served as a member of the Landtag of Saxony from 2004 to 2014, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 57. Born on March 22, 1969, in Dresden, East Germany, he was a member… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer · Muller
a Tunisian politician and civil servant, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 81. He was a member of the Socialist Destourian Party and later the Democratic Constitutional Rally. Cheikhrouhou served as Minister of Social Affairs from 1987… · 20 May 2026 · Sagittarius · May 2026
an American Roman Catholic prelate and bishop who led the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee from 1997 to 2007 and served as an auxiliary bishop of Baltimore from 1984 to 1997, died on May 20, 2026, at age 86. Born in New… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · Pisces
an American rhythm and blues singer best known for "Steal Away," died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Jimmy J. Hughes on February 3, 1938, he was raised in Leighton, Alabama, and began singing in a… · 20 May 2026 · Aquarius · May 2026
an Estonian historian and academic, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 70. Born on September 25, 1955, he graduated from Tartu State University’s Faculty of History in 1979. He worked as a researcher and director of the… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · Libra
2026, following a stroke. She was a Canadian musician known for her work with Lime · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · May 20
an Israeli basketball player, died on May 20, 2026 · 20 May 2026 · May 2026
an American mathematician and computer programmer known for MATLAB and MathWorks, died on May 20, 2026, at age 86. He specialized in numerical analysis and was one of the authors of LINPACK and EISPACK, Fortran libraries for numerical computing, in… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · Clève · Leo
American cartoonist ("Archie") · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · May 20
Romanian politician and engineer, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Târgu Secuiesc, Romania, on May 8, 1938, he was a member of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania. He served in the Chamber… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · Taurus
a Fijian chief and politician, died on May 20, 2026. She served briefly in Fiji’s House of Representatives in 2006 as the member for Yasawa Nawaka, representing the Fiji Labour Party. In the same year, she was appointed Minister for… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026
a Hungarian Olympic cyclist, died on May 20, 2026 · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · Pisces · Gera
a professional football player and coach, died on May 20, 2026. He was 60. Born in Oswestry, England, he played for Berwick Rangers, Mansfield Town, Halifax Town, Heart of Midlothian, Celtic and Leicester City. A defender who could also operate… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · Gemini
an American television writer and playwright, died on May 20, 2026, at age 71. He wrote for the television series Ryan's Hope and Mad About You, and was also known for writing the book for the Broadway musical Dirty Rotten… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · Leo